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BREAD, To his Majesty's Land Forces in Cantonments, Quarters, and ;Barracks, in the undermentioned 'Countier, Barks I York Surrey BEEF and To his Majesty's Land Forces Barracks, in the under-ment Cumberland, Kent, Northampton _ 'MUTTON, in Cantonments, Quartet', and timed 'Countie3 and Island : Warwick , York, lqle of Alan OA' To his Majesty's Cavalry and Ai -and Quarters, in the and • Bedford Bucks Cambridge Derby Gloucester iderefoid Herta Leicester Lincoln :TS, ,rtillery Horses, in Cantonments der-mentioned Counties : Monmouth Oxford Salop Stafford Westmorland Wilts Woicester North & South Wales FOUAOE, viz. bats, Hay, and straw, to hie tlajesty's Cavalry and Artillery Horses in Barracks, and Oate in Cantonments and Quarters, in the undermentioned Countiee : Berk. •-• Cittftv.,;:!.T:::7; ~'~.* k Nortlntnaberhut, ing the Town of Ber.: wick.on-Tweqd) Nottingham Somerset , Suffolk Sussex . • York That the'Deliveries are to commence on and for the Twenty fifth day of January next; that Proposals in Writing, sealed up and marked " Tender for Army Supplies," will be received at this Office on or before the sth day of January; but none will be received after Twelve o'Clock on that day. Proposals Intuit be made separately for each County, except for the Counties in North and South Wales, all of which must be included in one Tender; and each Proposal must have the Litter which is annexed to the Tender properly filled up, by two ' Persons of known Property engaging to become bound with the Party tendering in the Amount stated in the printed Particulars, for the due Performance of the Contract; . ; and no Proposal will he noticed unless made on a Rioted Tender, and the Prices =- Pressed in Words at Length ; and ehould it so happen that during the continuance of the Contract no. Troops should he supplied by virtu e of the same, the amount of the. Stamps on the Contract and Bond, paid in the first Instance by the Contractor, shall .he refunded to him. Dorset ' Kent Lancaster Aliddlesex Northampton Particulars 'of the Contracts may be had upon applicetion at the , * Chambers lrtweell the hours of Ten and Four. N.8.-,Samples of the Bread and 'Meal may be seen at the Office between the hours of Twelve and Two. NOTICE TO MARINERS. WRECK OFF THE SOUTH FORELAND. TRINITY-HousE, LONDON, DEC. 6, 1826. INFORMATION has been this Day received that on the NAght of the 4th Instant, a Schooner was run down and sunk off the South Foreland, in about 10 Fathoms Water, and in the usual Track of Vessels coming into the Downs from the Westward ; The Bearings, by Compass from the saiii sunken Vessel, antra. Petted to be, as follow, vis.— The Upper South Foreland Light House W. by S. Leather Coat The Boat House on Kiogedowa Point N. by E. Directions have been given 14 immediately placing a teen Buoy on the said Wreck. By Order, J. HERBERT, Secietary. BRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL MALL. 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WILLIAM BARNARD, Keeper. • ILOMAS'S FAMILY HOTEL, TAVERN, end COFFEE-HOUSE, Westminster Bridge-Road.— , bl emon, Gentlemen, and Families visiting Town doting the en ,, :7 ,4 4l Session, ar e res p ec tf u lly inform e d, th a t thi s o ld es t a blished I t commodious lint e l, T a vern, and Coffeeouse, has been lately -ngr elY rebuilt, and furnished with every convenience and ac- Z, ra coodation requisite far the comfort of Families and Member!, "'firing in London. corn its contiguity to both Houses of Parliament, the Govern •o3t Offices, Courts of Law, Theatres, and the City, its spacious t:ete-and eligibility, th e F am il y 'H ote l h as, f or severa l y ears put, too honoured with the patronage of many of the most distin tithed M em b ers p f b oth Houses of Parl iament,&c.; and J. t „ la as begs to ass u r e N o bl emen , Gentlemen, and the Public, that exertions s h a ll be spared to deserve a continuance of their tours. The s t oc k of Wines ii peculiarly select ; the Beds have e- I _ l c arefully attend e d t o , an d th e w h o l e e stablishment will be —414 _____Na L tlto any of a similar kind in London. hi 2 ----- Yolk royal - 4t0.. printed uniformly with Evelyn's Memoirs, 4 ," embellished with Portraits and other Engravings by the Artists.—Pries 61. as. boards. VHE DIARY and CORRESPONDENCE of SAMUEL PEPYS, Esq. F.R.S. Secretary to the Ad -444Y in the Reigns of CHARLES H. and JAMES 11. and the 'mite friend of the celebrated John Evelyn. Edited by RICHARD, LORD BRAYBROOKE. • ivieltenhep ' piary commences immediately before the Restoration, th Y . Pepys sailed with the Earl of Sandwich to bring over for Ki from Breda, e mu is continued almost uninterruptedly to n yea containing ch curious matter not to be found in p n l y i ?tiler history o f t h at event f u l per i o d. I n d epen d en tly of the t al transactions of that period, the pages abound with private anecdotes of Charles H. and his Court; and Mr. Pepys's peculiar chablits of .ob.aervation, led hi m •aetertetten of the time' w hichlived . generally to record the most curious e Printed for Hear Y 'burn New Burlington-street. B, _ PULIVIONES, VULPIUM, or PREPARED FOXES' LUNGS, for c oughs. Colds, and Asthma, either recent or of long •standing. This valuable medicine re -1,l y uires no enumeration of its v i rtues, as 4 single trial will prove ats efficac. Prepared and sold in Pots, Is. lid. each, by Thos. Rose, '29, Chiswell-street, Finsbury-square ; and sold b y yMrHon. in; No. 10, Staverton-row, Newington B ut te; , J. Ai r . 47 . tirling, 86,High-street, Whitechapel; Mr. Yate.lo9,Blackman. west, B oroug h ; M r . S tu d man , 8 and ‘, ICeene's-row, Wal.. *orth r,•M. T. Brown, Union-place, Camberwell; blesses. 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Mr. Erirroa—As I know you, to be interested in whatever concerns our benighted land, you will be pleased to hear of the efforts that are now making for the instruction of her children, and the illumination of the minds of her peasantry, so long, and so.entirely under the influeuce of "tie men of sin" and his asso chides. It has pleased Providence. to raise up en instrument well fitted for the work he has giVen him 'to do, and the high talents and rare qualifications as a speakes, of Mr. Pope, lestl us to hope that by him the Roman Catholic religion in this country, will. receive a blow from which it never can recover. Our coun try is at present the scene of his labours—the Hibernian School Society have sent him, accompanied by Captains Gordon and Vernon, on a deputation to plead the interests of Bible education, in doing, which, that system, whose policy it is to withhold °the Word of God from its members, natsitillysomes under the ex position of the powerful eloquence (ll. second Luther. Mr. Pope made much noise in Engl an d at the spring meeti ngs ofH 1825. By his exertions there, and continual preaching, his con stitution became exhensted, and he has for some months been obliged to retire to his native town (Cork) to recruit his exhaust ed strength. This, however, I grieve to say, has not been ac complished, as he is still very weak, and the exertions he has lately undergone seem materially to have injured his health. The excitement produced in this neighbourhood by his preaching is really astonishing; three times he has addressed assemblages of nearly 4,000 persons in the Court-house of this town—far the greater part of whom were Roman Catholics, who have very generally declared, that in future they will read their Bibles.— Mr. Pope always uses the Donny version, that being the only one admitted by the Catholics as the Word of God, and by so doing be convicts the errors of their church even from their own scrip tures. Mr. Pope's voice is sweet, sonorous, and solemn, his person tall, and very commanding, his countenance benignant and expressive, though pale and emaciated ;. when we hear his ' solemn calls to his fellow-sinners to flee from error and wrath to come, his soothing invitations to come to Jesus, ever able and willing to receive them, and his clear and convincing arguments against all the peculiar doctrines and errors of the Romish Church ; his open and fearless attacks on the Priests, who, for their own • private advantage keep the minds of their flocks in ignorance, and secretly stir up a spirit of rebellion amongst them, one cannot but see in him an instrument in the hands of God, sent out to blow the Gospel trumpet, and we trust, that He, whose word 'never returns to him void, will cause it to prosper in the thing whereto he has sent it. Mr. Pope has also addressed a numerous congregation in the town of Ballymahon, the residence of a Roman Catholic bishop, and was even there attended by many hundreds of Roman Catholics, without there being the smallest disturbance; he and his coadjutors have been received at the high sheriff's, where the house was thrown open and all coiner, admitted, and also at the residences of some of our principal gentry, where the same plan has been followed, and Mr. Pope kas never been without large audiences, who appear to say to one another " men and'brethren what shall we do ?" Though I know that some instances of individual conversion have (tamed through his preaching, yet our hope principally is, that the seed is sown, that a spirit of enquiry is excited, and that a stir is taking place among the Catholics, which eventually, will bring the errors of the natives of this island, under the influence of Truth. Mr. Pope's language is chaste and beautiful, his man ners gentle and impressive, except when roused by his subject, he then becomes most vehement, and seems to carry all before him. I can give you no idea of the,effect produced by his yoke alone, 'in reading the Scriptures, there is something in it that I never heard in that of any other man, indeed one cannot but look on him as a being standing on the very verge of eternity---his heart and affections in heaven, with no other view for earth than the increase of his master's kingdom, ,and the doing his master's work in opening the blind ayes, and turning them fross darknes* to light, and from the power of. Satan unto God. He speaks as has been observed, like a dying man to dying rnen. - Mr. Pope has an aide 'friend int who had long Iran well known in Ireland, by his atertiona against Popery ; he has all the argumentation talent, and shrewdness of a Scotehman combined with the greatest good burnout a highly cultivated mind, and deep knowledge of the Scriptures. He does not enter the lists in public, but in private his talents are of material service to the cause. ('apt. Vernon is a most amiable gentlemanly man, and se rious Christian; his high character and situation in life add lustre to the cause. He is a son of the present Archbishop of York. I hear that Mr. Pope is to leave our country to-day, to take a fort night's rest before he again opens the campaign in Cavan, w hich we hope will be as successful as here, and that it will please God to preserve his life, and to bless his preaching.— But we fear this sun. which now illumines the dark horizon of Ireland is about to go down ; we are, however, sure that it will rise again in glory, and we trust that many other suns will be raised up to reflect the bright beams of the sun of righteousness, and to cause a Gospel day to succeed the flarkuess of a Papal night-in this beloved land. I am, Sir, 22d Nov. 1826. K. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S, A'great deal of very heavy and interesting betting took place yesterday afternoon, u well on the favourites, as on tbe outsiders. Tatler and Lord Cavendish's colt kept neck and neck during the early part of the betting ; but though it would not have been easy to say which had the call, we are inclined to think that the Ea. pagnolle horse was rather the favourite with the majority of the spectators. As the afternoon advanced they began to change, Tatler being taken for choice; and, finally, resumed the lead at about the same quotation as on Thursday. Web was rather on the decline, and so were Mr. Wyndharn's horses. Trumpeter, Dauntless, Mameluke, and the Gustavus colt, were backed to a considerable amount, while Sir John Shelley's two appear to be receding ; the same observation•will apply to Forth's Lot; Game hue, Pythoness, Augusta, Dahlia, and Eliza Teazle, may be put down at about the same odds they have been at some time, but they are scarcely mentioned, much less backed. Several outsiders were backed largely, particularly a Cheltenham colt, Westbury, against whom forties and fifties to one were laid to the amount of nearly 30,0001.—he is said to be a large and powerful colt. There was but little done on the Oaks ; and the only bet we heard made on the St. Leger, was 2,400 to 200 against Reviewer (Lord Kel burne's). The attendance was numerous, and highly respectable; and the business, altogether, very important. We add the prices. 10i to 1 apt Tatler 11 to 1 apt Espagnolle IS to I agit Web 20 to 1 agst Trumpeter* 20 to I apt Elfrid 20 to I agst Catherine 22 to 1 agst Dauntless 23 to 1 apt Manteluka* 25 to 1 apt Augusta 27 to 1 aid Dahlia DERET. 33 to I apt Allier SIS to I apt Cressida 35 to I apt Protestant 40 to I apt Gamehue 40 to I apt Pythoness 50 to I apt Jemima 50 to I apt Metre 50 to 1 agat Intruder 50 to 1 agat Edmund" 50 to I apt Cat" 50 to I aget Proatbury 28 to 1 age — t Gustavus" SO to 1 airs . t Turcoman 5 to 1 agst Maria 20 to 1 apt Lunacy 12 to 1 apt Totttridge 20 to 1 apt Translation 18 to I apt Brown Duchess SO to 1 apt Morel 14 to 1 agat Dulcimers 40 to 1 agat Whimper* 20 to 1 eget Scornful 50 to 1 apt Belvidere* Those marked thus ( s ) were taken. ta the io fi ns rst favo ur i te , f or t h e D er by, belonging t o L ec hemers Ch l a n oto th n e , y ; r ei d,. , thmeancfrelleob,rssitedre of the Mastrr Henry, and Anticipation, were put up, but the offers short of reserved paces, fall ing very they were b oug h t i n . W e be lieve the bidding. for Master Henry reached nearly 1,300 guineas; WO guineas w as r efused some time sin ce; an d f or M an f re d ) nearly 700 guineas. COTTON WOOL. LIFT Or WORTS AND IeXPOUTA. DEISM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin—l cannot sufficiently express my surprise to set the pro priety of tolerating the baneful and pestilent doctrines of Deism 'made the subject of debate in a British Parliament I Neither can I, as a sincere Christian, suppress my indignation at finding a Member of the Hon. Body of the House of Commons loudly ad vocating so unworthy a cause, and prostituting the abilities, with which the Almighty has gifted him, as well as the influence with which ha has been entrusted by hie fellow•countrymvn, to such perverted purposes. And what are the hardships, from which Mr. Hume so loudly calls for a release for his protege, Mr. Taylor ? That forsooth he is not placed on a footing with other 4 , Protestant Dissenters !" Protestant Dissenters does he style Deists? He would have more nearly hit the mark had he denominated their', Dissenters from right reason and common sense. What, is there no difference to be made between the man who denies Christianity altogether, and him who only dissents in some few inconsiderable minor points ? , Is an open and avowed opposer of those tenets, which are the established doctrines of his country, and which conduce so much to its happiness and welfare, to be placed on a level with him who strictly adheres to those opinions ? But Mr. Home quotes the acceptance of the oaths of Jews, Ilindous, and Maltninetaus, as an argument few the admitaiun of Deists to the like privileges, and then, in the plenitude of his elo •Aslsr!!,r, i'stittost , -41issate.101. *Q entete,ip " What is a Jew but a Deist ?" Now here the Learned Gentle man is in error, for the Jews, if they adhered to the religion of their ancestors, would believe as much in a trinity as Christians do ; and I conceive that, in swearing a man in a court of justice, it is not his private opinions, but his public professions, that are considered, not what his real sentiments are, but what, in accord ance with the religion he professes, they ought to be ; and there foie the oath of a Jew, upon the Old Testament, is accepted, bias much as be professes himself to be *Jew; and without inquiring into his-own individual ideas, he is looked upon, in the eye of the law, as a good Jew, concurring in the right doctrines of his nation. But furthet, even in the present perverted state of their belief, they should be styled not neigh, but Theists ; and though this, at first sight, may seem like making a distinction without a difference, or cavilling at words, the only apparent dif ference of the terms existing in the derivation, the one from the Greek, oEos , an& the other from the Latin Deus, both signifying God; yet there is nevertheless a very considerable distinction to be observed between the Deist, in the common acceptation of the term, and the Theist. By the Deist we understand one who denies divine inspiration altogether, and looks upon the Deity merely as a first cause, while the Theist, on the other hand, ))41- Heves in and confesses the truth of Divine Revelation, but denies the Divinity of the Messiah, or second person in the Trinity : thus' this argtnnent of the Hon. Gentleman being false in its' 'premises, must of necessity fall to the ground. Mr. Hume enlarges, too, upon the admission of Hindoos to give evidence, whom he styles in f idels. I will ask him, why are these men to be stigmatised with so strong an epithet ? It is. most true, they do not believe in Christ; but why is it? They have not, for the moat part, so much as heard of him: it would therefore be unjust and unreasonable to expect them to believe in Him, of whom they have not heard, nor can they with justice be called infidels, until they have been taught and have refused to believe. It is this Deist, this freethinker, who may deservedly be distinguished by that opprobrious name, he having been taught the word of truth,:and having rejected it. But it is added, that "the profession of a belief in God was surely sufficient for the purpose of taking an oath in a court ofjustice, if those,.who did not believe in God, were permitted to be sworn there." In what instance, let me ask, has this been the case? I know of no erne, save an Atheist indeed, who can, be so spoken of; and a professed Atheist, who would not take the usual oath, would be as much rejected as a Deist. If, however, Mr. H. means Ilindoos, I must again beg to set him right, and assert that the Hindoo, although his ideas he somewhat different from Mr. Humes, (and I have my doubts whether they be not much better), believes as much in the existence of a God as he himielf does. The premises, therefore, of this argument being, as in the last, weak and erroneous, it must consequently be considered as exploded. It does then appear to me that a man, openly professing the tenets of Deism, is not to' be in any degree tolerated ; neither 4;1 4 14 he to be suffered to propagate his baneful, doctrines ; there should, tnethiuks, a law he passed, for the severe punishment of any such person'; not that I would he understood to imply a wish to shackle the mind of any man, by no means, Ist his thoughts be as free and unrestricted as the wind—give him entire and per feet freedom of conscience. I desire enly to curb his tongue, lest he pOur his poison into the ears of others. The Jew indeed rn,tY safely enough be tolerated , s ince he onl y injures himself, and is a very rare thing to hear of a Christian having judaized ; but the Deist is a most dangerous person to be let loose upon the earn • In unitY, he easily worms himself round' the m inds of others, and too often .'"cceetle by, his wily and spec ious ar g uments in making murderer,.einaslllfPoie°th greater horror even then a the as himself. Nay, i mo re, the Deist surely should be regarded with as g rea t, y e a, w andwhich he probabl y latterdepriv would shortly have laid down, . while hapless victim of a life merely temporal, while the former asses • the soul, and not only robs tho se of his fellow "notes, as it were, administered soli.c;ereaturresno, whootmnhevellassstuinecessg life e ll o y f happiness and bliss, but rrGdiu " e condemns them to eternal p unishment, misery, and torment. Surely then such a one is not hardly t re ated in being depr ived of some of the t em p ora l pr i vileges, of which his fellow -country men are possessed, when he is inflictin g , or at least trying to in- Pict, such deep immedicabls w oun d s on their eternal interests. I would recommend Oat Mr. Hume be sent into solitary con finement, to reflect upon his many inconsistencies, and to learn better sense of the respect due to the House of Commons, and of the duty he owes to those persons who have elected him to repre sent them in that Honourable Body. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, NO DEIST. uslironar.n. Ex poaxgrs. r „,„,—....a...............„ ,_ t Slaftt Iv. 1 - Previous. This riod last ly thig year. year. year. Bap, &C. Bags, &c Rap, &c. HMIs hc. Liverpool 44745 672,h83 I. , *,006 London 110,027 73,227 gm 12,3411 GistagOlC 112,586 29,272 —... —,....- Total exported in 1820 ~,, ~,,, „,. 100,878. .. ,„ .~__ ~ No. 10,684. 1111 W $ .41 6.. • • . Wilk; .11.1 PRICE 71). SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE. ,NING, DECEMBER 7, 1826. THZ LATE BISHOP or CALCUTTA. Yesterday a very numerous Meeting of the Friends and Sup porters of the Society fur the Promotion of Christian Knowledge was held at the Society's Office in Lincoln's-inn-fields, fur the purpose of receiving the Report of the Standing Committee, and to consider what steps it may become nece.sary the Society should take in consequence of the lamented death of the late Bishop of Calcutta. The Chair was. taken shortly after one o'clock by the Lord Archbishop of Ca wTranuar - ,. supported by the Bishops of Lon don, Bath and Well 4 Durham, and Landeff,—Prayers baying been read, The Sicairrany read a Report relating to the death of Bishop Heber, and to the exertions be hod made in .1m1i.4 fur th e p ro p s ,. .gation of tilt _Uwe]. , Also lettalfrotn India, requnmending two Scholarships to be established in Bishop's College, Calcutta, and stating that the episcopal duties in that country required the exer tions of three instead of one Bishop. Dr. Rosins()); said, it was earnestly requested, in a letter from Dr. Perish, one of the Company's Chaplains at Madras, that his Majesty's Government would take into consideration the necessity of augmenting the number of Bishops in India, sit the District now under the Bishop of Calcutta was so extensive, as to be too fatiguing for one Bishop alone. The SECRETARY then read the Revolutions framed by the Standing Committee, and recommended by them to the Society's Adoption. They were in substance as follow : " I. That the Society deeply deplores the death of the de parted Bishop Heber, both for his valuable services to the cause of Christianity in the Indian Divan under his care, and for his un wearied and primitive zeal, and as a Prelate of the Church of England, of which he was one of the highest ornaments. " 2. That his loss was aggravated by taking place at a time when his services were likely to be so valuable in Southern India. "S. That the best tribute which can be paid to his memory is the carrying into effect the measures he recommended as it were with his last breath. " 4. That 6,000/. be expended by the Society in the establish ment of two Scholarships for Native Missionaries in Bishop's College, to be for ever called Bishop Heber's Scholarships. " 5. That 2,0001. be expended in repairing the Church at Tan jore, and other Churches and School-houses in Southern India. " 6. That a sum of 5004 be laid out in enlarging and support ing the Native School Press." His GRACE conceived that that Resolution which referred more immediately to Bishop Heber ought to be put separately, in order that the remembrance of that great and goqd man might be kept dietinct.—(Hear, hear.) Tbehe Resolutions were then put from the Chair, and carried non. die. It was then Resolved, That the Chairman should present a Memorial to Government, for the appointment in future of three Bishops—one for each of the Presidencies of India ; and that a Memorial to that effect should be laid before the East India Board of Directors. Archdeacon Basams' and Mr. TRANT (a Civil Officer of the East India Company) severally addressed the Meeting, and prin cipally in praise of Doctor Heber, whom they both designated as a model for a Christian and a Bishop, whether as regarded his virtues or hii talents. Want of room prevents us from giving in detail their merited eulogiums. Dr. SPRY rose to express the deep sorrow of the Committee at the melancholy event that had called the Meeting together. No body of men, at home or abroad, more felt, or more lamented, the loss of Dr. Heber, than they did. He had died with the objects for which the Committee had long been labouring on his innui. Sir T. D. .A4.7.AND moved the thanks of the meeting to itd un wearied friend and Patron, the venerable Chairman. the company fur The Meeting then adjouisued. DESTRUCTIVE STORM IN THE HIGHLANDS. (From the Perth Courier.) One of the most tremendous and awfully destructive storms of wind and snow, ever experienced in this country, devastated the Highlands of Perth and Invernessihires, on Friday and Saturday last. The loss of human life already ascertained is deplorable, and the destruction of sheep and cattle in the Highland districts is said to be immense. In a letter from Inverness, addressed to a gentleman in this town, .we find it stated, that " such a dreadful storm had never been know there as that on Friday,—a strong north east wind, with heavy snow, so thick and dark that one's sight could not penetrate it a dozen yards. This continued all day. In the evening les!: snow fell, but the wind con tinued awful during the night. It being our Martinmas market, numbers of poor people from the country, attend ing the fair, lost their lives on this dreadful night. I have heard that eleven dead bodies have already been found among the snow." It farther appears from the same letter, that the roads to the eastward and northward of Inverness are so much obstructed as to prevent the arrival of pigs coaches; and the mails have, with much difficulty arid exertion, arrived there about twelve hours beyond their 'regular time. The snow, it is added, in the Highlands, south of Inverness, is drifted in some places to the depth of 100 feet. Among the mountains of our own country, the storm was no less dreadful. The Caledonian stage-coach, be tween Perth and Inverness, lies buried deep in the snow, at the hill called Drumuachder, near Dalnacardoch. Some of the passengers arrived here on Monday night, having travelled a great part of the way on foot. The guard re ports, that on the lee side of some of the mountains and rocks, the snow is drifted to a depth far exceeding 100 feet. A man and a woman , have been found dead among the snow, near Moulin. Two commercial travel lers left Pitman after dinner on Friday afternoon, immediately before the approach of the storm in that quarter, with the expectation of reaching Dal whinnie, a listance of 13 miles, that evening. They had proceeded only a few miles, when the fury of the storm and the dept of the snow rendered it impossible to proceed. They after yted to return, but found the ob stacles still greater, and were ultimately obliged to leave their horses and gigs, and attempt to get forward on foot. groping in the dark;they l at ten o'clock A.lll. in so t 4lS :v ag a ti i itr :ito y nsiderable time before they exhausted e pass i n g D tatit Hvtha a ti oe d he m a i could give any account of their disasters. The collars of their great, coats, and the handkerchiefs they had wrapped about their throats, were so hard frozen, that they bud to be removed by cutting them with knives. When they had recovered so far as to give any directions, they mentioned w h er e the horses had been left; • and as soon as the fury of the storm had abated, some men set out on foot, and found the horses still alive, but completely covered with snow. In Perth and the low country adjacent there was com paratively little snow, but the cold was int ense , an d the wind blew a perfect hurricane. Trees in variou s quarters la e bls highlandser to pro ceed, broken down. Between Crieff and Muthil, we are informed, numbers of large trees were torn up by t h e roots, is and many Perth to ofth G e lasg mly o i w ng w a os croa d s et t a b ile theetroad nearlyd, e b e efo d. before t h e road destruction roadcmil of live could be cleared so as to in e stock great, and being almost the sole property in that quarter must be severely felt by the proprietors. Out of Rocks of sheep consisting of 1000, not above 100 have in mall instances been saved—and those which still survive mina find sustenance, nor will the snow permit of their being removed to the low country. Th e loss o f lif e , both as re gards the human and brute creation, has nut been yet as certained, and it is fear e d that many melanchelyi nNt ",""! must have occurr e d. R eports are hourly arriving irom various (porters confirming those liars. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Dzc. 8. aOGERS V. BROVERIT. Mr. Cnirrit opened the pleadings. The Common . SznoxAmv stated that the plaintiff in this east was a respectable man, living in Middlesex-street, Wititokar l ft and a dealer in marine -stores; the defendant was a magistrate of the. Themes Police-office, and he (the: Common Sergeant) was sorry to say that his client was under the necessity of bringing this action to recover from the defendant compensation, in da mages, for the sufferings that had been inflicted on him by the defendant, in a manner even utterly unjustified by tho l e am. : deco Acts of Parliament which many deemed opprernim The circumstances were shortly these : —On the 22d of October, 1825, the plaintiff sent his servant front one shop to another for the purpose of disposing of some copper and lead ; in passing along the Commercial. road he was met by a person who appeared to be an officer, and who took from him the goods he had- in his possession, desiring him to attend at six o'clock in the evening at the Thames Police-office, naaerount fire his possession of them. Accordingly, the plaintiff's servant, Har per, attended with the plaintiff, Mr. Rogers, who, willing to give every assistance in his power, took with him the person from whom he had bought the lead, and also produced a book,' which all dealer?, in marine stores are obliged to keep, containing a full account of the property they offer for sale. Mr. Broderip re fused to kink at this book, and, at the same time, ordered Mr. Lewis Lyon, the person from whom the plaintiff bought the goods, to quite the office. Mr. Rogers then requested permission to put a question er two to the officer who had mixed his pro perty, to this request Mr. Broderip replied, " Put any question to the offieer which you may think fit." The question the plaintiff then put to the officer, whose name was Gray, was, "How a,ne you to bring my property to this office?" On which Mr. :Breflerip immediately interfered, and said to the of rye, " I desire you will not answer any such question." Mr. Broderip then inquired Kite had any witness. Rogers re plied that his witness, Lewis Lyon, had been ordered out of the .office, but he was still in attendance, and was ready to show that the goods in question had been purchased at a sale: He was then called in, and Mr. Broderip said to him, " Now, young man, be fore you are sworn, I wish to caution you not to own any part of these goods, for if you don't satisfy me, I will fine yon." Lyon replied he could satisfy him, and he immediately produced a catalogue of the sale at which the property was bought. The plaintiff then requested to be allowed a day or two in order to bring forward further evidence, and that a full inquiry might take place. The defendant knew where the plaintiff resided ; he knew where he 'could find him at any time, yet he refused to ac cede to the plaintiff's request, saying, " I shell find you guilty of a misdemeanor, and eentence you to two months' imprisonment and hard labour." The conviction took place by word of mouth, but the written warrant ran as follows "To the Governor of the House of. Correction, Cold-bath. fields, or his deputy there.—Receive into your custody the body of John Rogers, he having been brought before me, W. J. Brod erip, Esq., and convicted of a inisdeineanor, that is to say, for that be, on a certain day, had in his possession 74 pound of lend, and 21 pound of copper, recently feloniously stolen and carried away." • Now all that Mr. Broderip could have known (continued the Learned Counsel) was, that-the plaintiff had this property in his possession, for into any further inquiry or explanation he had re fused to permit the plaintiff to enter. The warrant then con. eluded by adjudging the defendant to be imprisoned for two months and that for that period he should be kept to hard labour. Now the hard labour was working on the tread-wheel, and that period of imprisonment, and that hard labour, in the company of felons, of persons who had been convicted of the most detestable offences, the plaintiff had suffered. For any thing that had passed before, the defendant, in the presence of plaintiff, it was impossible for the defendant to have known that the property had been stolen, but even admitting that he bad the strongest inducement for believing that it had been stolen, still, according to the first principles of English law, it was his bounden duty not to have convicted any man of having in his possession stolen property, or of any other offence, without first having given the accused an opportunity of proving his innocence, that the property had not been stolen er that he had become honestly possessed of it without any guilty knowledge. A Judge and a Jury had not the power to dispense with this ne cessary proceeding, or to proceed in such a summary way, and surely a Police Magistrate was not to be intrusted with a power i so monstrous. 'William Richardson, the attorney for the plaintiff, proved that he had served the notice of action on the defendant. \ The notice appeared to have been regularly served within the time directed, but the technical form required by the stove r viz. that the plain • .b..otra attnntiey . el.iould endorse ncr, 41a,1 0 4 .." thimati o and place of eirode, haviag been omitted, the . plaintiff was non suited accordingly. By the late. Act of the sth Geo. IV., 'Magistrates are vested with a discretionary power to inflict the punishment of hard labour. COURT OF EXCHEQUER-Du. 6. LIBEL in the " TIMES" in the ace of the IDIOT SMITH. SMITH V. Bilollll. (Concluded from our Paper of yesterday.) Before the Jury had retired to consider their verdid, Mr. Platt begged pardon for suggesting to his Lordship, that he had com mitted an unintentional mistake in the remarks which he had just submitted to the Jury. His Lordship had stated, that the title of "barbarous atrocity" was an addition of the Time's. If his Lordship would look to the paragraph again, he would see that the .words Which clung next " from the .Birotinphoun Journal," were in a parenthesis. The whole paragraph was a ropy from beginning to end from the country journal. Mr. Caitrata3,, who had been prevented tia'aii interrupting Mr. Platt by the interference of the Lord Chief Bat on, said, that the defendants ought to have given the original papers in evi dence, if they intended to rest their defence on the fact of the alleged libels being only copies from other mere. The Loan Cnrzr BARON observed, that it was unnecessary for him to say another word on the topic, since the Jury had heard the observations of the Learned Counsel on both sides, and would give to them all the attention which they deserved. The Jury then retired at 20 minutes past one to consider of their verdict. The only cause remaining to be tried at these sittings WAS then called on and disposed of. The LORD CHIEF BARON then retired from the bench. At ten minutes before five o'clock, his Lordship having resented his seat on the bench, asked Mr. Platt, as counsel for the defendants, if he did not think it would be advisable to send for the jury end inquire if they were likely to agree in their verdict, or if there were any point on which the Court could assist them in coming to a decision, and if not, perhaps the counsel would be kind enough to consent to the verdict being received by the officer of the Court. Mr. PLATT said that be would most willingly agree to any Ar rangement that might relieve his Lordship from the Litigve of re sna►ning in Court any longer. The counsel on the other side having also agreed, The Cuter BARON directed the jury to be celled into Court, and observed, that perhaps it would be well to remind them of a ease lately decided is the city, before the Common Sergeant. The jury having taken their places in the kin, and the officer of this Court having called over their names, his Lordship addressed then* thus Gentlemen of the Jury, I have sent for you, in order to know if there be any difficulty upon which you would wish to ask for information, and from which I might be enabled to WA your minds : some point may have occurred, on which you might wish for my opinion, but if not , and you are not likely to come shortly to an agreement a s t o your verdict, Counsel have kindly contented to let the verdict b e rece i ved by the Marshal of t h e C ourt , an d to suffer me to reti re ." The Forema n o f the Jut 7-511 Lord, WC are agreed as to our verdict, but no t as to the amount of chomps. W jet 4 :a i rr render y no ion i s t a ncor it is s difficulty - from whirb 141011-:That, g entlemen, is a point upon ou I cannot relieve you ; you must otitis that amongst 'mutative,. Vciremao—There are ten of the Jury, my Lord, for giving only farthing"e(addressing the opposite Counsel),Suppooo we consent to divide the 101. on the part of my clients, will con -1 rp t i ra nisges, aud two for giving 101.. sent to a verdict for M., in order to save the Jury from further itwonvruirtire, and I dare say the other side will agree to stich . tin arrougetnent. The solicitor for the plaintiff said, that he thought Mr. plo t ought if, consent to the whole 104 being given. .4 What," said Mr. Platt, "and ten of the jury for giving only a farthing ; in truth the lOL should be divided by 12." The plaintiff's solicitor still seemed inclined to bold out t ar the la when the Lo* Cum BARON observed, that be thought Mr. Ptatt's proposal a very reasonable OM!. The plai►ntif's solicitor said, that rather than cause guy longer inconvenience to the Court or to the jury, he seatild cone: nit to the verdict of 54 The Jury then, by the direction of the Judge, delivered their vetilict accordingly; and his Lordahip having thanked them for their hervicet, they were dischirged, end the Court broke up at five o'clock.